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This is a collection of stories and poems relating to Forgiveness. If you would like to submit one of your own stories or articles, please e-mail us.  We may post it here at TerraCuddles.com, and if we do, we will give you appropriate credit for your submission.

Gold BoxThe Gold Box
Teaching us to be quick to forgive.

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Never the less, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and  said, "This is for you, Daddy." He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty.

He yelled at her, "Don't you know when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside it?" The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for  you, Daddy." The father was crushed.  He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed  for many years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary  kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very  real sense, each of us as humans, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends, and family. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

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